Is it possible to get one backdrop image in F16 to span both monitors in
a dual-monitor setup? I'm using xfce4 and the desktop settings tool
seems to only offer a per-monitor image selection. Is there some way of
selecting one image perhaps from gconfig directly? Ditto for the login
screen. Having the same cloned Verne image on both monitors is kind of
lame. It would look a lot nicer if one image spanned both monitors.

-wolfgang
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On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:49:18AM -0700, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
>
> Is it possible to get one backdrop image in F16 to span both monitors in
> a dual-monitor setup? I'm using xfce4 and the desktop settings tool
> seems to only offer a per-monitor image selection. Is there some way of
> selecting one image perhaps from gconfig directly? Ditto for the login
> screen. Having the same cloned Verne image on both monitors is kind of
> lame. It would look a lot nicer if one image spanned both monitors.

I *thought* you could tell it to "Span" when setting it (rather than
zoom/tile/center/etc.). Is that option not available?

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On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 20:08, Darryl L. Pierce <dpierce@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:49:18AM -0700, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
>>
>> Is it possible to get one backdrop image in F16 to span both monitors in
>> a dual-monitor setup? *I'm using xfce4 and the desktop settings tool
>> seems to only offer a per-monitor image selection. *Is there some way of
>> selecting one image perhaps from gconfig directly? *Ditto for the login
>> screen. *Having the same cloned Verne image on both monitors is kind of
>> lame. *It would look a lot nicer if one image spanned both monitors.
>
> I *thought* you could tell it to "Span" when setting it (rather than
> zoom/tile/center/etc.). Is that option not available?

Its still per display. As for the OP, I don't think this is possible
in XFCE. You could split the image with imagemagick and use the two
images on the two displays.

Hope this helps.

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suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> writes:
> You could split the image with imagemagick and use the two
> images on the two displays.

Thanks. That's effectively what I ended up doing (using gthumb).

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On 28/03/12 04:49, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:

Is it possible to get one backdrop image in F16 to span both monitors in
a dual-monitor setup? I'm using xfce4 and the desktop settings tool
seems to only offer a per-monitor image selection. Is there some way of
selecting one image perhaps from gconfig directly? Ditto for the login
screen. Having the same cloned Verne image on both monitors is kind of
lame. It would look a lot nicer if one image spanned both monitors.

-wolfgang

Mind does, no problems, both on Fedora 16 and Ubuntu
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suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> writes:
> You could split the image with imagemagick and use the two
> images on the two displays.

It turns out splitting the image gives one the option of leaving a gap
between the left and the right images. My monitors have a 1.7" gap from
the frams between the LCD panels. Splitting the image without
introducing a gap makes things that cross the monitors look like they
are being shoved through a hyperspace portal. Cropping to a virtual
screen that includes the of 170 pixels gap makes things look much more
natural.

-wolfgang
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